Abstract: The embodiments provide a backlight unit including a bottom cover, a plurality of light emitting device assembly each having a light emitting device module including at least one light emitting device, the light emitting device assembly arranged on the bottom cover adjacent to one another, a power supply unit for supplying power to the light emitting device module in each of the light emitting device assembly, and a control unit for controlling the power supply unit such that, of the light emitting device modules of the light emitting device assembly, intensity of current supplied to a light emission device positioned at an edge region of each of the light emitting device assembly is different from the intensity of current supplied to the light emission device positioned at a middle region of each of the light emitting device assembly.

Abstract: An audio decoding method and apparatus and an audio encoding method and apparatus which can efficiently process object-based audio signals are provided. The audio decoding method includes receiving a downmix signal, which is obtained by downmixing a plurality of object signals, and object side information, extracting metadata from the object-side information and displaying an information regarding the object signals based on the metadata.

Abstract: A method of preparing cocoa oligomeric procyanidins from cocoa cell cultures grown in the presence of monosaccharide can increase production of procyanidins as follows: culturing cells sufficient to result in production of cocoa oligomeric procyanidins at a first rate; and introducing a monosaccharide to the cells sufficient for inducing the cells to produce the cocoa oligomeric procyanidins at a second rate that his higher than the first rate. The method can further include extracting the cocoa oligomeric procyanidins from the cells, and such extracting can occur between 1 day to 21 days after introduction of the monosaccharide. Optionally, the monosaccharide can be introduced in an amount about 0.5% to about to about 20% by volume of the culture medium. The monosaccharide can be glucose, sucrose, fructose, or the like. The monosaccharide can be introduced during or after a last phase of an exponential growth state.

Abstract: There are provided a nano glass powder for a sintering additive and a method for fabricating the same. The method for fabricating the nano glass powder for the sintering additive includes fabricating a mixed solution by dissolving a raw material of boron (B), a raw material of silicon (Si), and a raw material of a metal oxide in a non-aqueous solvent; controlling a sol-gel reaction by adding an alkali catalyst to the mixed solution, drying a sol-gel material obtained by the sol-gel reaction, and heat treating the sol-gel material.

Abstract: Provided is an artificial nail having a three-dimensional ornament attached thereto, including: a sticker main body including a flexible planar film layer, and an adhesive layer provided with an adhesive component on both surfaces thereof and attached to the lower surface of the film layer; a three-dimensional ornament attached to the top of the sticker main body by an ornament attachment system operating along a programmed trace; and an artificial nail formed into a fingernail shape and having the sticker main body attached to the top surface thereof, wherein the planar sticker main body provided with the three-dimensional ornament is attached to the top surface of the artificial nail having a curved shape. The artificial nail having a three-dimensional ornament attached thereto realizes uniform adhesion strength between the three-dimensional ornament and the artificial nail.

Abstract: A magnetic material composition for ceramic electronic components that is excellent in sintering properties and magnetic properties (in particular, a Q-factor) and a manufacturing method thereof, and a ceramic electronic component using the magnetic material composition are provided. The magnetic material composition includes Ni—Zn—Cu ferrite powder formed of 47.0 to 49.5 parts by mole of a mixture of iron oxide (Fe2O3), cobalt oxide (CoO), and titanium oxide (TiO2), 16.0 to 24.0 parts by mole of nickel oxide (NiO), 18.0 to 25.0 parts by mole of zinc oxide (ZnO), and 7.0 to 13.0 parts by mole of copper oxide (CuO). A ceramic electronic component manufactured using the magnetic material composition has an excellent Q-factor.

Abstract: A backlight unit and a display apparatus using the same are disclosed. The backlight unit includes a first reflector, a second reflector partially having an inclined surface, a plurality of light sources disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector, and a third reflector disposed between adjacent light sources.

Abstract: There are provided a composition for a ceramic electronic component having excellent sinterability and magnetic characteristics (Q), a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic component using the same. The magnetic material composition for the ceramic electronic component is composed of ferric oxide (Fe203) of 47.0 to 49.0 parts by mole, nickel oxide (NiO) of 16.0 to 24.0 parts by mole, zinc oxide (ZnO) of 18.0 to 25.0 parts by mole, and copper oxide (CuO) of 7.0 to 13.0 parts by mole, wherein a portion of ferric oxide may be substituted with boron oxide (B2O3). The ceramic electronic component manufactured by using the magnetic material composition for the ceramic electronic component has an excellent Q.

Abstract: An apparatus for calculating a wheel speed is described herein which includes a tire force sensor, a time measurement unit, an angular velocity calculation unit and a wheel speed calculation unit. The tire force sensor outputs a signal in accordance with an amount of modification of a bearing. The time measurement unit measures a time interval between peak values of the signal output from the tire force sensor. The angular velocity calculation unit calculates an angular velocity by dividing an angle between balls positioned within the bearing by the time interval measured by the time measurement unit. The wheel speed calculation unit calculates the wheel speed by multiplying a distance from a center of the bearing to a center of the ball by the angular velocity calculated by the angular velocity calculation unit.

Abstract: There is provided a non-magnetic material composition for a ceramic electronic component, a ceramic electronic component manufactured by using the same, and a method of manufacturing the ceramic electronic component. The non-magnetic material composition for the ceramic electronic component includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula Zn2TiO4. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the ceramic electronic component has improved DC bias characteristics by applying the non-magnetic material composition having no magnetic characteristics thereto.

Abstract: A method for setting a service in a mobile communication terminal including at least first and second user identity cards. The method includes selecting the first identity card to be used for mobile communication, and requesting services directed to the second identity card be forwarded to the first identity card.

Abstract: A device for driving a backlight assembly includes a controller for outputting a control signal, a switching unit for outputting a DC square wave voltage in response to the control signal, an inverter for converting the DC square wave voltage into an AC voltage and a lamp for emitting light in response to the AC voltage, the lamp includes first and second glass tube portions having respective one ends bent and connected integrally to each other, first and second electrodes respectively formed at respective other ends of the first and second glass tube portions and a third electrode formed at the bent portion of the first and second glass tube portions, wherein electrical characteristics of the lamp are detected through the third electrode, wherein the electrical characteristics include voltage, current and impedance of the lamp.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an illumination sensor sensing the intensity of illumination; an image signal processing unit processing an input image signal obtained from an image sensor unit; and a codec unit coding image signal information obtained by the image signal processing unit to obtain a luminance coefficient representing a luminance signal of an image, and adjusting the luminance coefficient according to an ambient intensity of illumination sensed by the illumination sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a ferrite composition for a high frequency bead in that a part of Fe in M-type hexagonal ferrite represented by BaFe12O19 is substituted with at least one metal selected from a group consisting of 2-valence, 3-valence and 4-valence metals, as well as a chip bead material using the same. According to embodiments of the present invention, the dielectric composition is characterized in that a part of Fe as a constituent of M-type hexagonal barium ferrite is substituted by other metals, to thus decrease a sintering temperature to 920° C. or less without using any additive for low temperature sintering. Moreover, because of high SRF properties, the inventive composition is applicable to a multilayer type chip bead used at a high frequency of more than several hundreds MHz and a magnetic antenna.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a multilayer printed circuit board includes preparing a first substrate, and preparing a second substrate, in parallel to the formation of the first substrate, that is, at the same time of the formation of the first substrate, by forming a third inner circuit pattern on one surface of a third insulating layer and forming a window on the other surface of the third insulating layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing an encoded signal are discussed. The method includes: if a coding type of an audio signal is a mixed signal coding type, extracting spectral data and a linear predictive coefficient from the audio signal; generating a residual signal for the linear prediction by performing an inverse frequency conversion on the spectral data; reconstructing the audio signal by performing a linear prediction coding on the linear predictive coefficient and the residual signal; and reconstructing a high frequency region signal using an extension base signal corresponding to a partial region of the reconstructed audio signal and band extension information.

Abstract: There is provided a layered inductor and a manufacturing method of the layered inductor. There is provided a layered inductor, comprising: a main body in which a plurality of non-magnetic layers are stacked; coil parts ha-ving a plurality of conductor patterns and a plurality of via electrodes formed on the plurality of non-magnetic layers; a plurality of magnetic paths formed in the inner central portion of the coil parts and passing the magnetic flux induced from the coil parts therethrough; and first and second external electrodes formed on the external surface of the main body to be connected to both ends of the coil part, respectively.

Abstract: A transformer for an LLC resonant converter having a reduced size and reduced material costs is disclosed. The transformer includes a pair of cores and a bobbin provided with a through hole formed therethrough. Each core includes a first leg and a second leg such that the first legs of the cores are opposite from and are connected to each other within the through hole. The second legs of the cores are opposite each other and are connected to each other at the outside of the bobbin. The bobbin includes a first winding unit on which a primary coil is wound and a second winding unit on which a secondary coil is wound.